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Consider desire lines in projects that emphasize usability. When possible, use creative methods to detect desire lines prior to finalizing design specifications.
William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler • Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
Buckminster Fuller
Throughlines
something much bigger.33 In one of the early classics of systems engineering, Systemantics, John Gall wrote, “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.34 The inverse proposition also appears to be true. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be made to work.
Tim O'Reilly • Wtf?
genius of the right routine.
Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Those who do more than anyone thinks possible . . . with less than anyone thinks possible.*
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.”—John Gall
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Go small and go every day—